(Closed) Wedding Survey time :-)

Im curious to hear what everyone is planning for their wedding. Feel free to omit anything thats not something you’re comfortable sharing!!

Age: 22 Profession: recent college grad, customer service Date: January 15, 2011# of guests: 160-180Length of engagement/dating: 14 months/7 monthsBallpark budget: 10-12,000Dress (style, designer): Sophia Tolli Theme: Wintery & Romanticcolours: Claret (deep red), Black & White # bridesmaids, # of groomsmen: 5 on either side first dance song: Not sure yet…. “Your Everything” by Keith Urban or “Can’t Help Falling in Love” by Elvis open bar/cash bar: complimentary keg of beer and wine during dinner, after that a cash barhoneymoon spot: Not sure yet either… but since we’re having a winter wedding in Minnesota, we’re planning on somewhere a little warmerMost excited about: Marrying my best friend and not having the “long distance” relationship status anymore. Also getting to spend time with family and friends that I don’t usually get to see

Age: 23Profession: Graphic Designer and Web DesignerDate: October 30th, 2010# of guests: 200-230Length of engagement/dating: 17 monthsBallpark budget: 10-15,000Dress (style, designer): Maggie Sottero SaBelleTheme: Black and white, Let’s go with sophisticated classic lolcolours: black white,hints of chartreuse# bridesmaids, # of groomsmen: 5 on either side first dance song: Come Rain or Come Shine the Ray Charles version open bar/cash bar: Neither, we’re doing Sangria during cocktail hour and champagne for toasting. We don’t want to pay for people to get drunk lolhoneymoon spot:No clue, he’s planning lolMost excited about: Marrying my love. I can’t wait to see him when I walk down the aisle. We’ve written our own ceremony so it’s just going to be everything we want it to be and mean. I can’t wait to marry him =)

colours: Black, mostly. My dress is white and black. Our cake is black. The room is a castle with a bunch of random mediveal stuff on the walls.

# bridesmaids, # of groomsmen: No bridesmaids, 7 groomsmen first dance song: “Can you feel the Love Tonight” from the Lion King (Fiance picked, it’s one of his favorite movies) and pretty much all the other music will be Halloween themed or instrumental.

open bar/cash bar: Cash bar and complimentary Prosecco for the toasthoneymoon spot: Disneyworld (cause it was mostly free… we really wanted New Orleans)

Most excited about: Not having to plan a wedding anymore and just moving forward with our lives. hahaha.

Age: 23 (24 on Sunday)Profession: Administrative Assistant for a large international non-profit organization, and support worker for clients with disabilitiesDate: October 22, 2011# of guests: 100ishLength of engagement/dating: engagement = 26 months Ballpark budget: 13,000Dress (style, designer): haven’t picked one yet!Theme: Rustic, freshcolours: sage green, woods# bridesmaids, # of groomsmen: 2 or 3 eachfirst dance song: Haven’t picked one, probably a country song if I can convince himopen bar/cash bar: open bar with limited selections for afternoon receptionhoneymoon spot: New ZealandMost excited about: Being with him for the rest of our lives and having children

Age: 27Profession: can’t tell on the Internet! Date: January 27, 2010#of guests: 14 people came

Length of engagement: 14 months – too long!

Ballpark budget: 10 000$ (including everything down to honeymoon and all related expenses)

Dress: Sophia Tolli – Anne

Theme: no themeColours: no colors#bridesmaids, groomsmen: none

First dance song: we didn’t do a first dance. But when we chose our video song, we chose Gregory Charles “Til the day I die”

Open bar/cash bar: Open bar – we were in an all inclusive resort!

Honeymoon spot: Melia Caribe Tropical, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

Most excited about: For me it was all about the ceremony. It’s the most amazing moment of my life so far. That and at the end of the night, when we were finally alone together and realized that it was finally done!

6 months later, we’re still in our “honey-year” (we’re travelling a lot this year), and we’re looking forward to starting our family, but holding off until our travel have happened because they’re too physical for me to be pregnant.

Age: 23 (25 when married)Profession: Unemplyed, but interview on Tuesday!Date: September 17, 2011# of guests: Between 136-150 or so.Length of engagement/dating: 22 months/6 years when marriedBallpark budget: ~15,000-18,000Dress (style, designer): Still debating, possibly Sottero & Midgley – Mae Theme: Rustic elegancecolours: Deep purple, gray, chartreuse # bridesmaids, # of groomsmen: Right now, 2 bridesmaids and 3 groomsmen. first dance song: Not positive, but my front runner right now is “That’s How Strong My Love Is” by Otis Redding, Fiance has yet to give his opinion.open bar/cash bar: Open beer/winehoneymoon spot: Mexico. Getting a house for free for a week from a friend of his family.Most excited about: Finally marrying my best friend!